IMAN: Belief in God

Badges mark quoted or attributed material (Qur'an, hadith, another author, an opposing view). Unbadged passages are Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's own words.

Contents (51 chapters)

1. Foreword
2. TAWHEED:Oneness of God
3. WHO ARE ANGELS?
4. WHO ARE THE PROPHETS?
5. PROPHET MUHAMMAD
6. LIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD
7. THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHET
8. QURAN: Word of God
9. HADITH: Traditions of Prophet Muhammad
10. ISLAM: Submission to God
11. IMAN: Belief in God
12. THE TRIAL OF MAN
13. CREATION PLAN OF GOD
14. ACTIONS DEPEND UPON INTENTION
15. CONCEPT OF HEREAFTER
16. PARADISE AND HELL
17. RABBANIYAT: Islamic Spirituality
18. TAQWA: God-Consciousness
19. SHUKR: Gratitude to God
20. ZIKR: Remembrance of God
21. SALAT: Prayer Instills Modesty in a Worshipper
22. SAWM: Fasting Teaches Restraint
23. ZAKAT: The Law of Almsgiving
24. CHARITY: Well-Wishing of Others
25. HAJJ: Piligrimage to Makkah
26. THE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE OF MORALITY
27. SABR (PATIENCE): The Superior Solution
28. SPEAKING THE TRUTH
29. FULFILLING PROMISES
30. THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS
31. TOLERANCE LEADS TO RESPECTING DIFFERENCES
32. JIHAD IN ISLAM
33. AVOIDANCE OF CLASH
34. AT THE TIME OF DIFFERENCES
35. A GOOD NEIGHBOUR IS A GOOD HUMAN BEING
36. A BELIEVER’S DUTIES TOWARD HUMANITY
37. SERVING HUMANITY
38. ISLAM AND HUMAN EQUALITY
39. HUMAN BROTHERHOOD
40. GOD-ORIENTED LIFE
41. PRAYER: Expression of Heartfelt Attachment to God
42. PRAYERS REFRESH THE FAITH OF THE BELIEVER
43. MORNINGS AND EVENINGS IN THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER
44. TAWASSUM: Spiritual Nourishment From Everyday Events
45. HOW SHOULD ONE LIVE IN THE FAMILY?
46. BEAUTY IN SIMPLICITY
47. DIVINE WAY: MOVE WITHIN YOUR SPHERE
48. THE PURPOSE OF WEALTH
49. LOSS AND GAIN
50. CONCEPT OF SALVATION
51. CONCLUSION

IMAN: Belief in God

For a believer, faith becomes a source of limitless trust in God. Faith transforms his whole personality. His entire life becomes oriented towards the Hereafter.

The reality or essence of faith is discovery of God. When a person becomes aware of God’s existence and apprehends divine realities, that is true faith.

Such a discovery is no simple matter. God is the Creator and Lord of all things, He is the One who awards punishment and no one can escape His grasp. The discovery of such a God has a profound effect upon the whole life of the individual. His thinking is revolutionized to the extent that God becomes the centre of all his emotions.

As a consequence, the believer surrenders him being to God. God becomes the centre of all his attention. Now he becomes a person whose life and death are for God alone.

The result of this faith is that a person’s behaviour throughout his life becomes dyed in the hue of God. When he speaks, he is conscious that God is hearing him and when he walks, he takes care that his way of walking is not of one who struts arrogantly. When he deals with people, he is fearful lest he do anything unjust such as would incur God’s punishment.

As a result of this faith, a person’s entire life becomes oriented towards the Hereafter. In all matters, his eyes are on the Hereafter. In this world, instead of temporary gains, he makes the gains of the Hereafter the centre of his attention. When there are two sides to any matter – the worldly side and the otherworldly side, he ignores the consideration of this world and chooses what would be of value in the life Hereafter.

For him this faith becomes a source of limitless trust in God. At all times and in all events he puts his trust in God. Faith in essence is to have recognized the Lord when this recognition or discovery becomes a part and parcel of a person’s heart and mind. Then his whole personality is transformed. He becomes a new human being.